Adjustable support eor curtains and draperies



A. El ROBERT.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES. APPLLA'r-ION FILED AUG.25. I9]?- 1 305,41 2. Patented June 3, 1919.

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A TTORIVEY AUGUSTA E, ROBERT, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR. CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1133, 1919,

Application filed August 25, 1917. Serial No. 188,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA ELIZABETH ROBERT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Supports for Curtains and Draperies, of which the following is a specification.

The device the subject of this invention is intended as a means for adjusting the position of lace curtains or draperies in relation to the window over which they are arranged, and has for its principal objects the provision of means that will allow the curtain or drapery or both the curtain and drapery to be moved longitudinally over the window to be raised from the bottom to the extent that the lower sash is raised, or to be lowered from the top to the extent that the upper sash is lowered.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means for supporting the draperies arranged adjacent to the curtain and to support them in such a manner that they may be rotated away from the drapery.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means for supporting the curtain and draperies in such a way that their position may be changed at will, and yet to provide an adjustable support that will be ornamental and easy of operation.

In the specification which follows the construction and operation of my device will be set forth, and I will describe and claim in this application certain features and mechanical parts set forth in'my patents issued June 19, 1917 and numbered 1,230,223 and 1,230,224, and not specifically claimed therein.

The following is what I consider a good means of carrying out my invention and the accompanying drawings should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows 'in elevation a completed device. The draperies are omitted from all of the figures.

Fig. 2 shows in end elevation partly in section the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a device of different construction.

Fig. 6 shows in side elevation the chain holding means shown in Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all of the figures where they appear.

My device consists of a plurality of tubular members 1 and 2, arranged parallel to each other and supported and secured upon a window in such a manner that about onehalf of each tubular member will extend above the upper casing of the window. These tubes 1 and 2 may be of any desired length and diameter, and I provide ornamentations 3, 4, 5, and 6, arranged at the ends of each tube.

' NVithin the tubes 1 and 2 as shown in Fig. 1 are sliding devices, consisting of blocks 7 and 8, and the block 7 has an arm projecting through a slot 9 in the tube, and extending part way around the tube and terminating in a lug 10. i

. The block 8 is also provided with an arm 11, and a lug 12, and between the lugs 10 and 12 I extend a bar 13, pivoted inthese lugs, and this bar 13 which may be a tube is cut or severed at midlength as indicated at 14.

In a convenient portion of the lugs 10 and 12 are perforations'into which I introduce the ends of a second bar 15., and this bar 15 extends parallel with the bar 13.

Additional perforations in the lugs 10 and 12 receive the adjustable arms or rods 16 and 17,'each of. which is partially rotatable in the lugs 10 and 12.

Between the tubular members 1 and 2 and at approximately the upper end thereof are perforations, which provide bearings for a rotatable rod 18, and this rod extends between the tubular members 1 and 2. Upon each end of the rod 18 is asprocket as shown at 19 and 20. A chain 21 is introduced through the lower end of the tubular member 2, and passing over the sprocket 19 is secured to the movable block 8.

A chain 22 having both of its ends secured to the upper and under side of the movable member? extends over the sprocket upon the rod 18 and also engages an idler sprocket 23 secured in the lower end of the tube 1.

The operation of this device will b d scribed later.

In Fig. 3 I show movable members and 31, each provided with a spring 32 33. These movable members 30 and 31fit closely in the tubes 34cgand 35, and the springs serve as friction producing means forcing the movable members against the innerwalls of the tubes. In this construction the bar 36 extending betweenthe movable members 30 and 31 may be similar to the bar 13 previously described, or may as shown be riveted .to projections 37 38 from the movable memhere.

A chain or flexible member 39 passes upward in thetu-be 3st, and overt-he roller .40, and is secured to the member .30. Asecond chain or rope 41 is secured to the under side of the memberj3l.

In thisconstruction I also provide a .parallel rod as shown at 42 .and pivoted arms 43 and The rods 15 or as are intended to support the cap or upper portion of the drapery. The rods 13 and 36 receive and support the curtains of lace or other material. The arms 16.17 or 4314 support theside .draperies, and when the curtainsanddraperies are in position as described the chain 21 may be pulled. This will rotate the sprocket 19, andtheibar l8 and sprocket20, and the movable members will be raised evenily at both ends. To lower the draperies and curtains the chain is released, and when lowered to a desirable extent the chain may :be secured by any desirable means.

The device shown Fig. 3 operates in a similar manner except that the operating cords or chains need not be secured. The friction caused by the pressure of the springs 32 and 33 will hold each end of the curtain supporting bars in any desirable position. v

To expedite the removal or replacement of the curtain the bars 13 01'36 may be severed and hinged as shown in Fig. 1, and when so produced I will provide a latching means such as a plug 415 which may be operated by a projecting pin 46, and which will when in position retain the adjacent portions of the curtain supporting bar in alinement.

In Figs. 1 and 6 I show a means 'for retaining the chain 21, and this means is provided so that it will not be necessary to firmly secure the chain. The means consists of a bracket consisting of a plurality of plates,

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supporting between them a larger roller 51, and a small roller 52. In the use of this device the pull chain 2 1 is made continuous, and is secured to the upper and under sides of themovable member 8. The loop depending or extending below the lower end of the tubular member 2 is engaged upon the larger roller or pulley 51, and one side of the chain passes under the smaller roller or pulley' 52. The peculiarly sharp angle produced by ,causingthe chain-topass around both of the rollers 51 and 52 prevents it from running free and provides a friction which will retain the movable members in any desirable position.

In the movablemembers 30 and 31 shown in Fig. 3 ;I may introduce wooden blocks 53 and 54, which will bear againstthe interior of .the tubes .or I may use inserts of soft metal, fiber or other material. These inserts will assist the springs 32 and 33 in retaining the .lnovable members 30 and31 in their adjusted position.

It is understood that modifications in the construction and in the operation of my device may -.be .made, that the length of any of the rods or tubes or the diameter thereof maybe changed .at will, and that means of operationmay be varied in any manner that shall suggest itself-to a mechanic skilled in the art.

Having carefully and fully described my invention what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.. A device of .the character described comprising a plurality oi tubular members arranged parallel to each other, and projectingequal distances above and below the easing of a window, movable blocks in said tubular members, resilient means pressing said movable blocks into frictional engagement with said tubular members, a curtain supporting bar between said movable members and arms pivoted in said movable members to support a drapery.

2. A curtain support comprising a plurality of tubular members, blocks slidably carried therein, a curtain rod extending between said 1blocks, and a spring carried upon each of said blocks and pressing them into frictional engagement with the said tubular members.

Signed at New York city, county and Gr. E. S. MAR ARTHUR PHELPS MARR. 

